Deep Sea Fishing Party Boat in Destin

Embark on an unforgettable offshore fishing party with the friendly folks at Olin Marler Charters. Party boat fishing provides anglers with the unique opportunity to cast, converse, and learn from fellow fishermen from all across the country. The experienced captain and crew will help you every step of the way, including filleting your catch so you can bring home dinner! Reel in this Destin fishing deal today!

Activity Highlights

Catch and keep an assortment of popular reef fish including snapper & grouper

Expert Captain and Crew help with baiting lines, removing fish, and equipment

Types of Fishing

Bottom Fishing: The most common way of fishing techniques, used to catch fish that are found near the sea floor. Each paid person will receive their own rod and reel.

Check the ticket descriptions to see what type of fish you are likely to catch on each trip.

Cancellation policy

Customer must cancel 72 hour prior to the trip time in order to receive a full refund minus a $5 fee. Cancellations received less than 72 hours prior to trip time will not be eligible for a refund. If the captain declares that the trip be cancelled (weather, rough seas etc..), we will attempt to reschedule to the most convenient day possible. If the trip cannot be rescheduled, the full amount of the trip will be refunded to the customer. All no shows on the day of the trip will not be refunded. Trips will require a minimum of 15 passengers to depart. Any changes to the reservation are at the discretion of the charter company and additional charges may apply. We don't always fish in calm conditions! Please inquire with our staff prior to arrival to verify sea conditions and what's in season for fishing. No refunds will be given once the customer boards the boat.

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It was very disappointing we barely cought any fish , and none we could keep .
The boat stayed in one spot for only a couple of minutes and then moved to another.
Only three Peaple left the boat with fish they were able to keep
Over all I would not rebook a trip

Crew and captain were not friendly or helpful. Boat ride was extremely wet and the boat was poorly maintained. Had a better experience with a bigger boat

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Management Response, about 14 days ago

Thank you for sharing your feedback and we'll be certain to let the vendor know. We typically receive terrific reviews for this trip, so I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your time fishing. Conditions can certainly affect these trips so sometimes waves can splash up into the boat. Thank you for booking with us and hope to see you next time!
TripShock! Guest Service Manager

Trip was ok but we moved every 2 minutes after we caught a fish. Definitely think there is some type of gimmick to that. We could have stayed in certain spots and caught several fish but we just bump the spot and move on quickly no time to do damage on any spot. Could be because they don’t want to fish the spots out, also didn’t catch many keepers. Very small white snapper, red snapper weren’t in season, trigger fish very small, no real quality. Staff were ok but were making inappropriate, borderline racial comments at African American passengers aboard the boat. Was not the best experience. Do not recommend. Private charters are best. They cost more but you will get what you pay for.

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Management Response, about 14 days ago

Thank you for booking with TripShock and we appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback. This company is the most experienced and most respected party boat in Destin, so I assure you that the goal was to allow passengers to catch as many fish as possible. It's quite possible that other passengers weren't getting bites so the captain will re-position the boat. We have shared your feedback with the vendor so that they can address the issues you describe. Hope you enjoyed your visit to Destin and we'll see you next time!
TripShock! Guest Service Manager

First off, the crew did a fantastic job and were awesome about every aspect of the ride. Unfortunately, I’m rating 2 stars because the trip should have been canceled before it left the harbor. The swells were greater than 6ft and the wind was probably 15mph or more. There was maybe 15 mins of casting over a 4hr trip. We spent 30 mins getting to the fishing locations and 2.5hrs coming back because the weather was so bad. The ladies at the desk refused to give us a pro-rated ticket when we got back even though the policy online said early returns would be pro-rated.

Boat was over capacity.
Sea was rough enough that trip should be canceled.
Sea was so rough that no one caught more the 6inch fish.
Boat was kept very near to coast line through out the trip.
3 Staff members kept on smoking non stop. They were requested number of times to smoke outside but then didn’t listen and kept on smoking inside the sitting area.
Very very bad service .

My wife and I went on the Gulf Breeze with Olin Marlin Charters. The captain is a crusty old man and never once said have a good time.
The women's restroom was not working. It was full of waste and had not been cleaned in a while.There was no running water and it was filthy.
Once we were back onshore, my wife went to the booth to let them know about the restroom and was pretty much blown off by the woman at the desk. She suggested that she should have used the men's restroom.
Overall, the deckhands were helpful and I caught a lot of fish. But, I would not recommend going on this charter.

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Management Response, about 9 months ago

Thanks for booking with us and sharing your feedback. I'm glad to hear you caught a lot of fish and that the deckhands did a great job! They truly do make the trips special and work very hard to ensure that everyone has fun and catches as much as possible. The captain does an amazing job at keeping the boat on top of the fish and ensuring safety, but it sounds like he wasn't the friendliest. We'll be sure to let boat's management team know. The restroom had been left inoperable due to one of the passengers not using it properly, so we are sorry to hear of any inconvenience. It has since been repaired. Thank you again for booking with us and sharing your comments. Hope to see you next time!
TripShock Guest Service Manager

Born and raised in NW FL and I've been going deep sea fishing on our own boat and charters since I was about 7 years old. I'm 39 now. (Just for some background - NOT A TOURIST) This was hands down the worst charter trip I've ever been on. The crew was great. Never needed for anything and they were quick to get fish off the hook for people. The captain was atrocious. I was also in the military so I'm used to getting yelled at.....just not by someone who I'm paying to put me on some fish. Against my better judgement, I scheduled a trip for my dad, father in law, brother in law, 2 nephews, and myself on a party boat. (ALL have been doing this kind of fishing for years - NOT TOURISTS). We had 37 people on the boat that day and 4 got sick and never fished. Out of those 33 people fishing, there... read more

The deckhands were awesome!! They were extremely helpful. However, the captain started his morning in a bad mood, yelling and cussing about missing a deckhand, and our group felt his anger was taken out on the paying customers. We were fully aware that the seas may not be great, but the captain took rough seas to a whole new level by how he drove through them. It became a dangerous situation for the people aboard. My group left with several injuries and bruises due to being tossed around the boat from the force of hitting the waves. There were many repeat deep sea fisherman who stated they have never been on a ship that rough riding before. We will not use this captain again.

Captain was very negative, bordering on threatening, in his instructions. Made degrading remarks to anyone whose tipping he didn't think was sufficient. Boat was crowded with lots of smokers you couldn't get away from. Fishing was OK. Took two hours to reach fishing spot and two to get back which greatly reduced fishing time. Crew was very helpful and nice.

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